The Missing Post

I originally posted this one in Landscapes, but it was lost during the problems, so I decided to repost it as a Fractalius. This scene is just up the road from my home and was captured at sunset during a slight cold snap...-25 Celsius. For this effect I chose the 'soft' preset and played with the sliders until I came up with something I liked and applied it to a background layer with the opacity reduced to 75%. I thought about masking out the lines in the foreground snow, but sort of liked them too.

Look forward to comments.

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Love the lone tree and the processing Andrew, BG colors are lovely. The new Star Effects by Topaz could put a beautiful starburst in this image!

Nice image and application, Andrew.

Like the soft fract and the snow effect.

As for the temps, been there and done that. That's why I moved to Florida, though it's been cool down here of late, but not below +20 F at night. :w3

Wonderful composition, Andrew. The lone tree stands out in that beautiful bg. Excellent use of filters.

I really like this also. Great composition. I think you were right in leaving the foreground lines. I think this scene would also be great as a landscape with the tree on the left side if you have a capture like that. Much potential.

-25 Just another winter day....I really like the original you posted on your blog, this fracted rendition was a great idea. Leave the lines in front. Well Done

Clean and cool. A lovely image, and not overly processed.

Very neat use of frac, Andrew! Great work!

Love everything about this one: the image design, the treatment, and the lines in the snow and the sky. Very well done.

Thank you everyone for the kind words. Much appreciated.

Hi Andrew! This is a lovely image and the fractilius has made it unique. I like the effect on the tree and I like those fg lines. They kind of add a whimsical feel to the image and help to unify the composition. If it were mine I might remove the lines from the sky...but thats just me! Nice work here!